Kentucky

• US Government
• Mitch McConnell-$3.5 million from Blavatnik
• Elaine Chao
• Rand Paul
• Oleg Deripaska–Sanctioned (by Obama, Trump lifted) Russian Oligarch whose RUSAL Aluminum partnered with Braidy Industries Inc & NanoAI, Northwestern University R&D, to produce aluminum for the US auto industry as “The Braidy Atlas Project” in Ashland, KY
  • Len Blavatnik-Renova-Part owner of Rusal, gave millions to GOP, Trump Inauguration.  “In 2015-16, everything changed. Blavatnik’s political contributions soared and made a hard right turn as he pumped  bpolitical action committees, with millions of dollars going to top Republican leaders including Sens. Mitch McConnell, Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham. In 2017, donations continued, with $41,000 going to both Republican and Democrat candidates, along with $1 million to McConnell’s Senate Leadership Fund.” Dallas News
  • Victor Vekselberg–Renova-Part owner of Rusal, 26% combined
• Republican Party
• GOP Donors
• Tennessee
• Coal
• Tennessee Valley Authority provides energy to KY

Governor Matt Bevin

Canada as a national security threat to the United States The Hill BY DOV S. ZAKHEIM June 4, 2018 “President Trump says that Canada poses a national security threat to the United States. He has therefore imposed tariffs of 25 percent on imported Canadian steel products and 10 percent on Canadian aluminum products.”

June 30, 2018 (approx.) SEC Filing of Braidy Atlas Aluminum Mill “11. While Deutsche Bank has been retained to serve as lead credit advisor for the debt portion of the mill financing, Braidy Atlas currently has no commitments or arrangements with Deutsche Bank or any other party to extend credit to finance the construction of the Braidy Atlas mill. KfW Development Bank [German state bank] (“KfW”) has also proposed a lead position. Neither has provided a commitment to date, and are both working together at this time. [Both Deutsche and KfW have since disappeared from reporting]

January 27, 2019 The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today lifted sanctions imposed on En+ Group plc (“En+”), UC Rusal plc (“Rusal”), and JSC EuroSibEnergo (“ESE”), following an earlier notification submitted to Congress on December 19, 2018. Steve Mnuchin, Treasury Secretary

Soft on Rusal, tough on Canada: Pressure on Trump to cut tariffs on Canadian aluminum producers Financial Post Naomi Powell January 29, 2019

With Sanctions Lifted, Rusal to Invest in U.S. Aluminum Mill Bloomberg Joe Deaux April 14, 2019 “Just months after being freed from U.S. sanctions, Russia’s largest aluminum maker plans to invest in a new aluminum rolling mill in Kentucky. United Co. Rusal, controlled by billionaire Oleg Deripaska until the U.S. Treasury forced him to reduce his stake earlier this year, intends to invest up to $200 million in the plant being built by closely held Braidy Industries. Rusal will also supply the mill with unfinished aluminum from plants in Siberia. After intensive lobbying by Gregory Barker, the Englishman who chairs Deripaska’s erstwhile holding company En+ Group, the Treasury agreed to end sanctions in exchange for an agreement the tycoon would give up control over the company. Deripaska, still under personal sanctions, remains the largest shareholder.”

Russian aluminum maker investing in Kentucky plant after sanctions lifted The Hill BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO – 04/15/19 “The agreement, which is set to run for 10 years, would turn Braidy into Rusal’s biggest customer and give the Russian company a foothold into the United States’ rolled-aluminum market, according to The Wall Street Journal. Rusal would own a 40 percent stake in the Braidy unit that will operate the mill, according to the Journal.”